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Trial reportJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2023

Prophylactic Administration with Methylene Blue Improves Hemodynamic Stabilization During Obstructive Jaundice-Related Diseases' Operation: a Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jian Huang, Xian Gao, Moran Wang, Zhen Yang, Lunli Xiang, Yongshuai Li, Bin Yi, Jianteng Gu, Jing Wen, Kaizhi Lu and 4 more

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Trial report in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Methylene blue in the critical care setting.World journal of critical care medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jian HuangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Xian GaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Moran WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Zhen YangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Lunli XiangDepartment of Nephrology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Yongshuai LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Bin YiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Jianteng GuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Jing WenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Kaizhi LuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Hongwen ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Daqing MaDivision of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW109NH, UK.
Li ChenBreast Disease Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Jiaolin NingDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing, 400038, China. ningjiaolin@Tmmu.edu.cn.
Army Medical University · CNSouthwest Hospital · CNChelsea and Westminster Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPatients with obstruction jaundice are at a high risk of hypotension and need high volume of fluids and a high dose of catecholamine to maintain organ perfusion during operation procedure. All these likely contribute to high perioperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of methylene blue on the hemodynamics in patients undergoing surgeries associated with obstructive jaundice.

designA prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical study.

settingThe enrolled patients randomly received 2 mg/kg of methylene blue in saline or saline (50 ml) before anesthesia induction. The primary outcome was the frequency and dose of noradrenaline administration to maintain mean arterial blood pressure over 65 mmHg or > 80% of baseline, and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) over 800 dyne/s/cm PATIENTS: Seventy patients were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to receive either methylene blue or control (n = 35/group).

resultsFewer patients received noradrenaline in the methylene blue group when compared with the control group (13/35 vs 23/35, P = 0.017), and the noradrenaline dose administrated during operation was reduced in the methylene blue group when compared with the control group (0.32 ± 0.57 mg vs 1.787 ± 3.51 mg, P = 0.018). The blood level of creatinine, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase after the operation was reduced in the methylene blue group when compared with the control group.

conclusionsProphylactic administration of methylene blue before operation associated with obstructive jaundice improves hemodynamic stability and short-term prognosis. QUESTION: Methylene blue use prevented refractory hypotension during cardiac surgery, sepsis, or anaphylactic shock. It is still unknown that methylene blue on the vascular hypo-tone associated with obstructive jaundice.

findingsProphylactic administration with methylene blue improved peri-operative hemodynamic stability, and hepatic and kidney function on the patients with obstructive jaundice. MEANINGS: Methylene blue is a promising and recommended drug for the patients undergoing the surgeries of relief obstructive jaundice during peri-operation management.

Indexed as

HypotensionJaundice, ObstructiveHemodynamicsHumansMethylene BlueNorepinephrineProspective StudiesMethylene BlueNorepinephrineHemodynamicsMethylene blueObstructive jaundiceSystemic vascular resistance

Identifiers

PMID37101089
PMCPMC10511601
OpenAlexW4367048870

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